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Definition of Scansion
1. Noun. Analysis of verse into metrical patterns.
Definition of Scansion
1. n. The act of scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of a verse by emphasis, pauses, or otherwise.
Definition of Scansion
1. Noun. The rhythm or meter of a line or verse. ¹
2. Noun. The act of analysing the meter of poetry. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scansion
1. the analysis of verse into metrical feet and rhythm patterns [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scansion
Literary usage of Scansion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Classical Quarterly by Classical Association (Great Britain) (1908)
"SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SPEECH-scansion AND NARRATIVE-scansion IN HOMERIC
VERSE.1 IF in the various books of the Iliad and Odyssey the speeches or ..."
2. Classical Weekly (1910)
"GL THE scansion OF VERGIL AND THE SCHOOLS Do our preparatory schools do their
duty by their pupils in the matter of the metrical form of Vergil? ..."
3. Hermathena by Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) (1903)
"THE FORMS AND scansion OF THE GENITIVE AND DATIVE CASES OF IS, HIC, ... He admits
the scansion for ..."
4. Studies from the Yale Psychological Laboratory by Yale University Psychological Laboratory, Edward Wheeler Scripture (1899)
"When the scansion or reading is natural, artistic and rhythmically free, ...
The most regular coordination in poetry occurs in routine scansion ; it is ..."
5. Studies from the Yale Psychological Laboratory by Yale University Psychological Laboratory (1900)
"When the scansion or reading is natural, artistic and rhythmically free, ...
The most regular coordination in poetry occurs in routine scansion ; it is ..."
6. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on by Joseph Henry Allen, James Bradstreet Greenough (1916)
"scansion and Elision d. To divide the verse into its appropriate measures,
according to the rules of quantity and versification, is called scanning or ..."
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